Identifies modification of ld.so.preload for shared object injection. This technique is used by attackers to load arbitrary code into processes.

Description

Identifies modification of ld.so.preload for shared object injection. This technique is used by attackers to load arbitrary code into processes.

Query · wazuh

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field audit.directory.name="/etc/ld.so.preload"

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Fires when

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  1. 200112 Audit: PATH Messages grouped. anchor level 3
    decoded_as=auditd-path
  2. 200162 Identifies modification of ld.so.preload for shared object injection. This technique is used by attackers to load arbitrary code into processes. refinement level 12 this rule
    field audit.directory.name="/etc/ld.so.preload"

Rule dependencies

Depends on

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